Wed, 1 Oct 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday confirmed the first case of Ebola in the US. The patient travelled to Dallas, Texas, from Liberia. The patient did not have symptoms when leaving Liberia but developed them about five days after arriving in the United States.
The CDC does not recommend that people travelling on the same flight should be monitored, as Ebola is only contagious if the person is experiencing active symptoms.
CDC director, Dr. Tom Frieden, reassured the US public and said: “Ebola can be scary. But there’s all the difference in the world between the US and parts of Africa where Ebola is spreading. The United States has a strong health care system and public health professionals who will make sure this case does not threaten our communities. While it is not impossible that there could be additional cases associated with this patient in the coming weeks, I have no doubt that we will contain this.”
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